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LUKE 22:64 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 22:63Luke 22:65
“And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?”
They blindfolded him and demanded, prophesy! Who hit you? — the blindfold and the who-hit-you demand: the mockery of the prophetic claim. If you are a prophet, tell us who struck you. The irony is complete — the one who knows all things is being mocked for the knowledge his captors refuse to believe he possesses.

Church Fathers on Luke 22:64

The temptation of Peter which took place between the mockings of our Lord is not related by all the Evangelists in the same order. For Matthew and Mark first mention those, then Peter’s temptation; but Luke has first described the temptations of Peter, then the mockings of our Lord, saying, And the men that held Jesus mocked him, &c.

Augustine · 4th century

Jesus, the Lord of heaven and earth, sustains and suffers the mockings of the ungodly, giving us an example of patience.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Likewise the Lord of prophets is derided as a false prophet. It follows, And they blindfolded him. This they did as a dishonor to Him who wished to be accounted by the people as a prophet. But He who was struck with the blows of the Jews, is struck also now by the blasphemies of false Christians. And they blindfolded Him, not that He should not see their wickedness, but that they might hide His face from them. But heretics, and Jews, and wicked Catholics, provoke Him with…

Theophylact · 11th century
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